A few notable Grants opportunities (including due dates + where to apply) for Doulas and Reproductive 🌿 Wellnes Advocates

March 02, 2026

 

  During these times, it can be especially helpful for your Doula, or reproductive 🌿 Wellness Advocacy practice to secure supplement anual revenue through applicable grants and forms of additional funding.

  Receiving even smaller grants and funding awards can nourish your practice, supporting you in serving more community members - particularly those who are without personal funding or insurance, but who are very much in need of your practice(s).

  Being well-supported económicly, as well as recognized for your hard work grows both your inspiración and abilities. And, while having your application or proposal accepted can be exhilarating, it's important to remember that on average you will hear at least ten "no"s before you hear one "yes". When you are not awarded a grant or outside funding, it can still be a wonderful opportunity to receive constructive feedback, and also to begin building your relationship with possible future funding opportunities.

 Below, please find a few of our favorite reminders for your application process;

•  Consider clearly professing your cause, and misión of your practice early on in your proposal. If You do not catch your readers attention early on it can be difficult to keep them engaged in your proposal.
•   Project Sustainability !! Clearly and coherently outline in your proposal how your practice, business, or organization will económicly support itself once your Grant funding is complete? How will your impact outlast your practice? Think económic and community closed loop system.
•    Try not to application denials personally, but instead ask for constructive feedback.

    

Upcoming Grants with Deadlines in 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Quarters of 2026 Gamma Mu Foundation Grants / Due Date Match 31st, 2026 / https://www.gammamufoundation.org/grant-proposal-guidelines---application-info Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (LEAP) Training Program / https://simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/44a71dce-d00a-4e6d-aee5-876d47b26a14 / Due Date April 4, 2026 NIH Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health (BIRCWH) (K12 Clinical Trial Optional) / Due Date May 28, 2026/ https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-24-013.html#_Part%201.%20Overview%20Information Elevance Health Foundation/ Due Date July 31, 2026 / https://elevancehealth.foundation/for-grantseekers  The Roger I. and Ruth B. MacFarlane Foundation Grants/ Open Rolling Basis / https://www.macfarlanefoundation.org/grantmaking   Ongoing Potential Funding (no current deadline)  + Other Resources   IFundWomen: Extensive database specifically for women. Hello Alice: Provides a curated list of small business funding opportunities. Small Business Administration (SBA): Local Women's Business Centers offer counseling and grant information. Healthy Start Program / https://www.hrsa.gov/grants/find-funding/HRSA-22-148 / Rolling due dates, temporarily paused/ https://healthystarthhp.org/healthy-start-programs-and-initiatives/ Global Doula Project - Rolling small funding and collaborations for Full Spectrum Birth and Death Doulas./ https://www.globaldoulaproject.org/aspiring-doula-scholarships(!501(c)3 https://www.ostarainitiative.org/#programs Project for Doulas for Incarcerated Women / https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/labor-support-incarcerated-pregnant-women-doula-project

 

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